KARL POPPER and the SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Popperian Situational Analysis -- BUILDING MODELS -- AGAINST PSYCHOLOGISM AND CONSPIRACY THEORIES -- METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM -- SUMMARY -- 2. Metaphysics, Realism, and Situational Analysis -- THE VIENNA CIRCLE'S POSITIVISM -- VERIFICATIONISM, EMPIRICISM, AND METAPHYSICS -- POPPER'S METAPHYSICAL AND SCIENTIFIC REALISM -- REALISM, WORLD 3, AND SOCIAL INQUIRY -- SUMMARY -- 3. Social Laws, the Unity of Scientific Method, and Situational Analysis -- CAUSATION, COVERING LAWS, AND REALISM -- THE UNITY OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- FALSIFICATION AND SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS -- SUMMARY -- 4. Situational Analysis and Economic Theory -- RATIONALITY AND ECONOMIC THEORY -- SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND ECONOMIC THEORY -- EXPLAINING VOTER TURNOUT: RATIONAL CHOICE VERSUS SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS -- UNTANGLING COMPLEX PATTERNS OF INTERACTION -- SUMMARY -- 5. Popper's Debt to Marx -- POPPER'S CRITIQUE OF MARX -- POPPER'S DEBT TO MARX -- POPPER AND THE ANALYTICAL MARXISTS -- SUMMARY -- 6. The Shortcomings of Situational Analysis -- THE LIMITED RANGE OF SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS -- IRRATIONALITY AND SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS -- ELSTER'S MODEL OF REVOLUTIONS -- SUMMARY -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.